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March Proclaimed As Arts Education Month By Dublin City Council
City of Dublin Mayor Melissa Hernandez and Councilmembers announced a double proclamation in support of the arts for the first time
A double proclamation in support of the arts was announced by City of Dublin Mayor Melissa Hernandez and Councilmembers for the first time time at the March 15 City Council meeting in Dublin.
The proclamation was made for March “Art is Education” month and April “Arts, Culture and Creativity” Month and was accepted by Commissioner Sawsan Wolski on behalf of the Alameda County Arts Commission (ACAC).
At the same Council meeting former Dublin Mayor Janet Lockhart and Former Vice Mayor Claudia Pendo McCormick were recognized for their contribution to the arts in Dublin. Claudia was the President of the Dublin Arts Foundation before the City was incorporated.
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Sawsan and Claudia are the current and former Presidents of the Dublin Arts Collective, a local nonprofit supporting artistic endeavor and creativity.
The proclamation is an annual initiative by the ACAC to draw attention to the value that the arts bring to communities and the economic and social impact of arts education and the creative industry.
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On the same day in a virtual City Council meeting the Pleasanton Art League and Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council accepted a proclamation from Mayor Karla Brown, also for the first time.
The proclamations by these Tri-Valley cities is a significant milestone in arts advocacy. Rachel Osajima, ACAC Director, had accepted the "Art is Education" proclamation from the Alameda County Board of Supervisors earlier in the month on March 1st and the appointed members of the Alameda County Art Commission joined the presentation virtually. The proclamation was presented by Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson.
According to Create CA, research shows that arts education leads to higher levels of civic engagement and that students are more likely to volunteer in their community, vote in local elections and engage with the issues that face their schools. The public is invited to join the movement for engaged citizens by signing Create CA's arts education pledge at https://createca.org/take-the-pledge/ and use the social media hashtags #CreativityIsNotOptional and #ArtsEdRebuilds
In celebration of "Art Is Education" month the ACAC distributed watercolor worksheets with embedded paint palettes which were a huge hit at the community art booth “Dublin in Bloom” celebrating the City’s 40th anniversary at the St Patrick’s Day Festival. The worksheets were designed to make art-making accessible especially in resource-poor or constrained settings as paint supplies are not required.
In conjunction with "Art is Education month" in March, the Alameda County Arts Commission presented an arts education advocacy video with ways for community members of all ages to get involved. The video features Julie Baker, Executive Director of Californians for the Arts and California Arts Advocates, as well as Joaquin Newman, Manager of REACH ARTS & Creativity program at REACH Ashland Youth Center in Alameda County. Watch the video at https://youtu.be/sR596nfg4bE
More info about Art is Education events and activities at www.acgov.org/create
The City of Dublin currently has these active community art projects:
1. Photography contest (deadline 4/10): https://bit.ly/34baI1S
2. Utility Box Program (deadline 4/22): https://bit.ly/351XkNw
3. Design a commemorative 40th Anniversary t-shirt contest https://dublin.ca.gov/Document...
The Dublin Arts Collective has also introduced an Art Circuit and will be hosting the first "Dublin Paint Out" event on April 30th and May 1st. Further information on how to participate is available on their website dacarts.org
